A ritual or ceremony recorded by Herman Peters OFM for
his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een
Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The ritual or ceremony was recorded in 1963-1964
in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. During the ceremony one can hear pigs,
talking people, songs, and a rattling sound of branches. Sometimes there are
microphone disturbances by the wind and movement of the microphone. As the
subject various is indicated on the cover.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some
observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura
Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural
Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact
huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The tape is in a box for shipping it with the post. On the back side of the box
as the destination the address of Herman Peters family in the Dutch town of
Venlo is written, as the sender is written Herman Peters, Catholic mission,
Wamena, Irian Barat.